Coin purse



Feb. 2, 1932. VE 1,843,879

COIN PURSE Filed July 10, 1929 Inventor Z25 L .Zove

Attorney Patented Feb. 2, 1932 UNITEDISTAFTJES ERBY LINCOLN LOVE, Olli JEFFERSON CITY, TENNESSEE COIN PURSE Application filed J'uly 10,

This invention relates in general to purses, and more in particular to such purses which are especially designed forreceiving coins,

the primary object of this invention being 5 therefore to provide an improved coin purse,

the same consisting of a plurality of individual coin compartments, the compartments being of various sizes, so that coins of vary ing denominations may be conveniently ar-' 1 ranged and carried in the purse. j Another very important object of this-invention is to provide a coin carrying purse of the class described, which is simple in construction, strong, durable, of a neat and attractive appearance, can be manufactured and retailed at a nominal cost, and is otherwise well adapted for the purpose designed.

Other objects andadvantages of the invention will become apparent, during a study of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coin purse constructed in accordance with this invention, and showing the cover flap of the purse in extended or open position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken through the body portion of the purse and showing in extended position, the individual layers forming said body.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and covering the cover flap, in a partially open position. 7

In general, the invention comprehends a coin carrying purse consisting of a body portion designated generally by the reference character 5, which body portion is provided with r a plurality of coin receiving compartments '40 6, saidcompartments being of varying sizes so as to accommodate coins of difierent denominations, together with a closure flap 7 which is adapted to extend across that side of the face for closing the coin compartments 6. In constructing my purse, it is preferable to form the body portion 5 of a single length of leather or other suitable stiff material which is bent transversely intermediate its ends as at 8 to provide a pair of parallel body portions 9 and 10 respectively. Adjacent the 1929. Serial No. 377,133,

end 8 each of the body portions 9 and 10 have their inner opposed faces cutaway or recessed as at 9 and 10 respectively to provide on the said body'portion shoulders 9a and 10b for a purpose to be hereinafter more fullyset forth. 5 Each of the body sections 9 and 10 is provided with a plurality of apertures ll and ll respectively. The apertures formed on the re-' spective sections vary in diameter and those apertures in the respective sections of the 6 same diameter, are adapted to mate when said body sections are compressed in superim posed relation, as shown to advantage in Figure '3. I V

' As shown'to advantage in Figure 2, eacli' of BB the bodysections 9 and 10 respectively, are split longitudinally and for the full width thereof, beginning at the free end of the sec- 3 tions and terminating in uniform spaced'relation with respect to their inneror'connected ends, thus providing for each of the sections a flap 12 and 13 respectively. i

.,The'fiap l2 is provided with a plurality of apertures 12, the diameter foflthe individual apertures being substantially equal to the respective diameters of the'apertures 11. As illustrated, the'flap 13 is not apertured, thus the purpose of the flap 13 is to provide a bot tom'wall for the coin compartment 6.

In practice the body sections 9land lO'are S0 glued or otherwise secured one to the other in superimposed relation, and theinnerfaces of the recesses '9 and 10 are pressedinwardly' against each other to provide. a reduced end H portion 18. Their respective'fl'aps 'are"li ke-- '85 wise glued or otherwise secured to the said sections, asshown to advantage in Figure 3f.

' Anelongatedstripof leather or other; suit able material of a width substantially equal to the widthof'the body 5, has one portion 7 thereof extending along the under face ofthe body portion '5, said portion '7 ,being' glued to the outer face of the flap 13 on the body section 10, the material then being folded over the folded or bent reduced endlS ofthe body 5 and isalfixed thereto as at 14;toprovide-the cover flapf'fl which is'free to be movedto an open"or'closed position from a 7 point -adjacent nre 3);

the" shoulder 905" (see Fig- As before mentioned, and clearly illustrated, the cover flap 7 will extend across the upper face of the body 5 so as to completely close the coin compartments 6 so formed in the body as before described. The cover flap 7 adjacent its free end and at an intermediate portion of the flap has secured thereto the sockets 15, of conventional snap fasteners, the heads or complemental portions of the snap fasteners extending from the upper face of the body 5, said heads being desig nated by the reference character 16, and as shown in Figure 3, have their shanks 17 thereof extending through the body section 9 and its fiap 12, the lower ends of the shanks resting upon the top face of the body section 10, thus securing and holding the head of the snap fastener secured in an appropriate position so as to be engaged by the respective sockets 15 of the snap fasteners.

Obviously, when the cover flap 7 is snapped into closed position, the coins Within the separate coin compartments 6 will be maintained Within their respective compartments, and Will not be dislodged from their respective compartments, when the purse is being carried about on ones person. From the foregoing then, it will be seen that I have provided a simple, compact, yet thoroughly practical and efficient coin purse Which is strongly constructed, can be conveniently carried about ones person, and is of a neat and attractive appearance.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible to changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention, and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a coin holding purse of the class described, a body having a plurality ofcoin receiving compartments formed therein, said compartments being of varying sizes for the reception of coins of different denominations,

a cover flap secured to said body to provide a common closure for said coin receiving compartments, studs projecting from the upper face of the body portion, and socket members complemental tothe studs carried by said cover flap and engageable with the studs for maintaining said cover flap in a closed position.

I 2, In a purse of the class described, a body portion having a plurality of coin receiving compartments formed therein, said Compartments adapted to receive coins of varying sizes, and a cover member secured to the under face of said body and having a flap adapted for disposition upon the top face of said body, a pair of male members secured to said body portion, one of said male members being disposed on an intermediate portion of said body, and the other of said male memhere being disposed adjacent one end of said body, and a pair of complemental female members carried by the said flap and adapted for engagement With the respective male members for maintaining said flap in a closed position, said flap constituting a common closure for the said coin receiving compartments.

3. A coin purse comprising a body formed from a single blank of leather or the like and bent transversely intermediate its ends to provide a pair of parallel body portions respectively provided with coin accommodating openings, adapted to aline when the body portions are in superimposed relation, means for securing said body portions in superimposed relation with the opposed faces of said body portions flatly contacting one with the other, each of said body portions being split longitudinally to provide an auXiliary flap therefor, one of said flaps being apertured and having its apertures in registry with the first mentioned apertures, the other of said flaps'being imperforate and providing a bottom common to the compartments formed by the alined apertures, and a cover member including oppositely disposed portions one of which is fixedly applied to said body, and the other of which is adapted to provide a closure common to the referred to coin compartments.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERBY LINCOLN LOVE. 

